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Monday, July 14, 2025
The Baptist Story by David Potter, Ph.D.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
What John MacArthur Believes About Everything
Jerry: This post is not to clearly show (John MacArthur) teaches something heretical. Instead, this post is to present his beliefs and compare them with the Bible. The correct word I would use is aberrant concerning the doctrines he has that is based on strong Calvinism's TULIP.
We often hear the words “heresy” and “aberration” used in reference to unbiblical doctrines. But what exactly is the difference between a doctrine that is aberrational and one that is heretical?
Aberrant Doctrine Definition
Aberrant doctrine is a particular teaching does not overtly deny basic biblical theology but is nevertheless dangerously inconsistent with an orthodox confession of faith. A good example of this would be the “prosperity” teachers who are growing like wildfire within Christian denominations — doctrines of this variety are referred to as aberrations. Thus, a group may be orthodox in its central theology while at the same time maintain teachings and practices that are clearly at odds with essential Christian theology.
RELIGIOUS HERESY- Definition
The word “heresy,” in its most common usage, refers to false teachings that destroy. They are destructive because they overturn the basic elements which make up the historic Christian faith, substituting in their place doctrines which distort or contradict the teachings found in the Bible.
RELIGIOUS HERESY- The Essentials
The doctrines of the Trinity, the unique deity of Jesus Christ, and the resurrection are among the essentials of Christianity. They represent the core of Christian belief as contained within the pages of Scripture, and they compose what is commonly called “orthodox theology.” And thus, heresies are teachings which openly deny any one of these fundamental doctrines. Examples of heresies include the Mormon doctrine that there are many gods, and that you may become one, as well as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, who clearly deny the Trinity.
Source: https://www.equip.org/perspectives/heresies-and-aberrations-what-is-the-difference/
This post to present information so you can draw your own conclusions.
Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, 1 Thessalonians 5:20 & 21
What John MacArthur Believes About Everything
https://youtu.be/7zkV5-fQMQ8?si=Ay9qBoOgPsxI_8rr
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John MacArthur is one of the most well-known pastors in America. The 85 year-old preacher has been the pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969 and is the Chancellor of The Master’s University and The Master’s Seminary. He is the sole editor of the MacArthur Study Bible, which has sold over a million copies, and has also written or edited over 150 books. His radio program Grace to You is played on stations worldwide.
But what does he believe?
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Middletown Bible Church about John MacArthur's Teachings
John MacArthur and Dispensationalism
And Our Response
MacArthur Answers A Question About Dispensationalism
The following question was asked by a member of the congregation at Grace Community Church in Panorama City, California, and answered by their pastor, John MacArthur Jr. It was transcribed from the tape, GC 70-16, titled "Bible Questions and Answers." A copy of the tape can be obtained by writing, Word of Grace, P.O. Box 4000, Panorama City, CA 91412 or by dialing toll free 1-800-55-GRACE.
https://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/dispen/jmacdis.htm
John MacArthur's
Position on the Lordship of Christ
https://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/salvatio/lordshjm.htm
The following is intended to document some of Dr. MacArthur's teachings which relate to Lordship salvation in order to see some of the inconsistencies of his position. We hold no animosity toward Dr. MacArthur. Our desire is only to "prove all things", by testing all things by the Word of God, to see if they are true (1 Thess. 5:21; Acts 17:11). Dr. MacArthur's teachings have a worldwide impact, and his doctrines should not be embraced without subjecting them to the searchlight of the Scriptures.
John MacArthur's One Nature Position
Introduction
https://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/doctrine/1natjmin.htm
The purpose of these series of studies is to carefully document and explain John MacArthur’s teaching that the believer in Christ possesses only one nature, the new nature in Christ. This documentation was obtained from his published writings and from his public tapes.
The Scripture tells us to “prove all things (test all things by the Word of God), hold fast that which is good.” We want to do this in the case of John MacArthur’s teachings. Our desire has been to do this fairly and graciously, but at the same time to point out where, how and why certain positions which John MacArthur has taken are out of harmony with the Word of God and out of harmony with the doctrinal position of the IFCA. We hold no animosity towards John MacArthur, but because of the far reaching influence which he has in and among our churches, it is necessary to examine his teachings and warn believers concerning those doctrines that are not in harmony with what the Bible says.
This material was originally prepared for and presented to the National Executive Committee of the IFCA along with materials of a similar nature submitted by other concerned IFCA brethren. Another key issue of concern was John MacArthur's position on the Eternal Sonship of Christ. https://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/sonship/sonjm00.htm
John MacArthur's Position on the Extent of the Atonement
As Compared to the IFCA Doctrinal Statement
https://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/reformed/macatone.htm
John MacArthur was Finally Removed from the IFCA (February 2017)
In January of 2017 John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue published the book Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth. In this book is a section on "The Extent of the Atonement" where John MacArthur's position on limited atonement is made crystal clear. The IFCA International Executive Director, Les Lofquist, based on this book, recognized that MacArthur's position was in clear conflict with the IFCA doctrinal statement. As a result, John MacArthur was kindly asked to withdraw from membership in the IFCA. MacArthur responded to this request by graciously withdrawing himself from being a member of the IFCA (Feb. 23, 2017).
Les Lofquist and the IFCA leadership did the right thing. They upheld the doctrinal integrity of the IFCA by not allowing a person to hold membership who holds to a deviant view. I do not understand why it took the IFCA over twenty years to take this action because John MacArthur's limited atonement position has not changed in these past two decades, as this study has demonstrated. It is not as if all of a sudden he started teaching that Christ died only for the elect and not for all mankind. He has been teaching this for over twenty years. I am thankful, however, that the right thing was finally done.
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Neo Calvinism vs. The Bible; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Neo Calvinism vs. The Bible; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ5WZ9aWBhyiIbTivo-1se-Gckn1uh4Ot&si=v9Y6Yxs5CN6J7M4n
We're embarking on a new series this is not a book study. This is a topic uh study and the title of this is what I would call Neo-Calvinism versus the Bible.
A lot of people wanting to go back to the teachings of John Calvin today who was an interesting person. He brought some good and he brought some bad um he lived from 1509 to 1564 and you know we're going to be going into all of this but as the as the study unfolds but there is a movement today that I call Neo-Calvinism and they're very aggressive and it's my conclusion that a lot of the things they say are not directly supported by the Bible and so that's sort of what this series is about and don't worry I'm going to have a lot of opportunity to back up that statement.
I'm just giving you a taste of what's coming so here is a six-part outline that we're going to use as we go through this teaching together this will go several weeks.
Numeral 1 that we'll talk about today called Calvinism's mixed blessing there's some good things that come out of Calvinism I'll try to show you show.
Numeral 2 is why would we get into this why critique Neo- Calvinism and so we're going to spend some time talking about that.
Numeral 3 we're going to get into the subject of the source of Calvin's theology so a lot of people kind of look at John Calvin as somebody that was just a guy that exceed the scripture and he did that in certain instances. but people that think that really don't understand where Calvin drew his ideas from. He drew them from a source called Augustine who lived over a century ago, a thousand years earlier than Calvin. and so Augustine his beliefs are kind of a mixed bag. So you'll see once you study Augustine you'll see he was very mixed, a lot of the things he said were a little bit were off and that's why Calvin carried over a lot of things from4 Augustine into reformed churches today. So you'll you'll still see a lot of that fuzzy teaching in reformed churches today.
Numeral 4 we're going to get into Calvin's manner of life, I mean what kind of person was this that everybody's following John Calvin. Did he lived some kind of completely sanctified life? Hardly as I'll show you
Numeral 5 is where we're going to spend the bulk of the series going through the Calvinistic theology known through the anacronym T.U.L.I.P. It's a logically arranged theology and as you'll see some of it is biblical some of it is not. As I'll show you T.U.L.I.P stands for Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace and the Perseverance of the Saints. Then so we're going to spend a lot of time going through each of those letters you know "here's what the Neo- Calvinists are saying and here's what the Bible says.
Numeral 6 assuming the Rapture doesn't happen first and we'll get to a conclusion that Neo-Calvinism is a philosophy >>read into the Bible<< it's not a theology >>derived from the Bible<<. It's a man made philosophy read back into the Bible
So that's sort of the direction that we're moving in I hope you're interested in this. At some point in someone's life they get hit with Calvinism by somebody. You hear so much about Calvin and Calvinism we have all of these young people that are converting to Calvinism they're called the Young reformed and restless.
You know it's almost like a test of fellowship with certain Christians to see if you stand on Calvinism, first thing they want to know about and so since there's all this noise made about it we want to you know do some examination of it so that's sort of the direction that we're moving in.
01. Second Thessalonians 3:14–15
Andy Woods
02. Second Peter 1:19
03. Revelation 20:1-10
04. Zechariah 2:8
05. Romans 11:17-18
06. Matthew 28:19
07. Ephesians 1:10
08. Matthew 7:16-18
09. Matthew 7:16-18
10. Matthew 7:16-18
11 - Galatians 5:22
12. Jeremiah 17:9
13 - Genesis 8:21
15. Genesis 3:22
16. Ephesians 2:1-5
17 - Acts 17:27
18. John 5:40
19. Isaiah 55:8-9
20. Acts 17:30
21. Acts 13:48
22. Deuteronomy 7:7-8
23- Exodus 4:21
24. John 1:29
25. 1 John 2:2
26. Romans 4:4-5
27. Rom. 4:4-5
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Calvinism and Romans 9, 10, 11
Calvinism and Romans 9, 10, 11
Time start: 13:18
https://www.youtube.com/live/dilS6onGGtg?si=EpcBg--Mjy9FU8KD&t=798
Sunday, April 6, 2025
The MacArthur Study Bible
Interpretive Bias of the MacArthur Study Bible
Monday, March 17, 2025
Strange Bedfellows: Olive Tree Ministries, Prophecy Watchers and Jonathan Cahn, Hope for the World
How did Jan Markel and Olive Tree Ministries get associated with the False Prophet Jonathan Cahn, and the Nephilim Eschatology of Mondo Gonzales, Co-Host of Prophecy Watchers, L. A. Marzulli, Frequent Guest at Prophecy Watchers and Larry Ollison, Senior Pastor of WOW Faith Church?
These are strange bedfellows. The connection is with Prophecy Waters and Gary Stearman who is sponsoring The Orlando Prophecy Summit.
This event was brought to my attention by a post on Facebook by Famine in the Land.